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      <excerpt>...to set an exact date because a lot of this is also going to depend on cooperation from Congress.&#8221; At the Holder hearing, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, grilled the attorney general in a series of testy exchanges. Cornyn, a former judge, asked Holder how h</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...just to fulfill an ill-conceived campaign promise is irresponsible,&quot; said Republican National Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn. Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman accused President Obama of treating 9/11 terrorists as common criminals rather than w</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, expressed concern about the Obama administration's reluctance to characterize the violent events at Fort Hood as an act of terrorism. Cornyn joins a growing number of Republicans asking for more action on the Nov. 5 shooting r</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...300 million Americans is far more pressing than after-the-fact investigation of one man,&#8221; their letter to Pelosi said. Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, sent his own letter Tuesday. Cornyn urged Obama not to allow political correctness to get in t</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...and Olympia Snowe of Maine; John Cornyn of Texas; Judd Gregg of New Hampshire; Orrin Hatch of Utah; Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and John Thune of South Dakota. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, did not vote. The vote indicated that Republicans, with only</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Judiciary Committee today. 	 	  Although Holder isn't expected to offer new information on the Hasan investigation, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, sent a letter to President Barack Obama in which he wrote, &quot;I look forward to questioning Attorney General Hol</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...I-Conn., that all indications are that the attack was almost assuredly an act of &quot;Islamic extremist terrorism.&quot; Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, also called it a likely act of terrorism and urged the White House to acknowledge that. Declared Conaway: &quot;What we</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...included some faithful RINOs but a few surprises: Lamar Alexander (TN), Saxby Chambliss (GA), Susan Collins (ME), John Cornyn (TX), Judd Gregg (NH), Orrin Hatch (UT), Richard Lugar (IN), Lisa Murkowski (AK), Olympia Snowe (ME), and John Thune (SD). Kay </excerpt>
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